Eric Morton

Ph.D., Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University
M.A., Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University
M.A., Philosophy, Ohio University
B.A. , Philosophy, Ohio University

Dr. Eric Morton is Associate Dean for Enrollment Management and Professor of Philosophy at Georgia State University, Perimeter College. He previously served as Department Chair of Humanities and Director of Enrollment Management. He completed his Ph.D. in Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He is a faculty affiliate of the Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics. He has served on the University Senate, on Perimeter College’s Executive Committee, and the Strategic Planning Committee.

As Associate Dean for Enrollment Management, Dr. Morton oversees various academic functions at Perimeter College, such as class scheduling, class cancellations, faculty allocation, faculty overload pay, and the maintenance of DegreeWorks and the academic catalog. He works closely with Perimeter College’s Dean and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, the Assistant Dean of Finance and Administration, and the Department Chairs. He is also a primary liaison to the Student Success division’s leadership team.

Dr. Morton also continues to teach Philosophy courses on behalf of the Humanities Department and to engage in research in Philosophy. His philosophical interests cover a wide terrain but primarily focus on ethics and social and political philosophy. He has interests in the work of John Rawls (and his critics), and in 19th and 20th century European philosophers (especially the Marxists, Frankfurt School critical theorists, and the existentialists). He also has interests in the works of Friedrich Nietzsche and the American Pragmatists. His dissertation addressed issues in the philosophy of mind and language and the important contemporary work of John McDowell.